Electric ironing device.



G. A. RICKS.

ELECTRIC IRONING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1910.

Patented June 6, 1911.

By M

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GEORGE A. KICKS, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA.

ELECTRIC IRONING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 6, 1911. Application filed November 2, 1910. Serial No 590,329.

To all whom :it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, GEORGE A. RIoKs,

. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of La Fayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Electric Ironing Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 7

In the use of movable tools where it is necessary to supply an electric current to these tools, a flexible conductor for conveying the current is necessary, and this conductor, if suspended from a ceiling or fastened to a side wall or other support, must be provided with suflicient slack to allow the free movement of the tool over the work or to its difi'erentpoints of application. This slack is always more or less a source of a11- noyance to the operator of the tool and quite frequentlyinterferes with its operation, and due to this constant moving breaks at points where sharp ends occur or where kinks form in the conductor.

This invention relates :to a new and improved form of device ada ted to overcome the difficulties common with this class of tools; and the object of the invention is to provide a suitable support for a flexible conductor, and a new and improved means for protecting the conductor to keep it off the working surface and away from the tool, and at the same time to prevent any interference with the working of the tool. I attain this result by attaching to the tool a coiled spring surrounding the conductor and having the otherend attached to a bracket mounted upon the working surface. 7

With the above and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, the reference characters of which indicate corresponding parts in the several figures,-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment I of my invention applied to an electric sad iron; Fig. 2 is an elevation of a referred form of bracket and-attached devlces; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal transverse sectional view through the bushing and coiled spring here inafter more fully described; and Fig. 4 is a which is threaded a screw 5, whereby the bracket is firmly clamped to the ironingboard 1. Threaded into the upper portion of the bracket 2 is an externally-threaded bushing 6, one end of which is flared' outward to form a flange 7. Between the outer face of the bracket 2 and the flange '7 is an aperture 8, through which projects one end of a coiled spring 9. This end is wrapped about the exterior of the bushing 6, whereby the coiled spring is held firmly in place.- The coiled spring 9 fits within the bore 10 of the bushing, and, due to the fact that this spring is tightly wound, forms a'practically' rigid extension connecting the bracket with the tool 11. y M

In order to form a flexible connection between the coiled spring and the tool, the

end of the spring 9 is angularly bent to form a transverse eye 12. Inserted into the eye and about some member of the tool is some preferred form of flexible connection, as, for instance, the strap 13. As the ends of this strap 13 are fastened together by some means, as, for instance, the buckle 14, which may be readilyunfastened, a means is afforded whereby the tool may be disconnected from the'coiled spring quite readily.

.Attached to the tool 11 byany preferred form of electric contact 15, and passing through the bore of the spring 9, and also a passing through the bore 10 of the bushing 6, is a flexible conductor 16, the other end of which is attached to an electric socket 17 positioned on the wall or any other suitable lace. This coil affords a protective coatmg or shell for the conductor without increasing the number of parts of the device. It will thus be seen that the electric tool, in this case, the sad iron, may be readily moved about from place to place upon the ironingboard without in any way interfering with the conductor. In any position of the iron, the conductor passes freely through the bore of the coiIed spring, and as this conductor cannot double upon itself, there is no danger of the formation of kinks. this coiled spring forms a smooth bearing for the passage of the conductor, and the one bracket serves as a support not only for Further,

bushing; yet, due to the fact that the end of the spring is attached to the outside of the bushing, the end of the spring does not in anyway interfere with the movement of the conductor. Further, it will be seen that the tool may be moved about in any posi-' tion on the board. When moved close to r the support, the coiled spring or shell will double up, but, due to the rigidity of the coil, will afford an easy curve to the conductor, or when it is moved away tothe further ends'of the working surface, the shell or spring will be elongated again, permitting the inclosed conductor to ride freely without the formation of kinks.

As many changes could be made in the above constructiom'and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained herein in the above description, or shown in the accom anying drawings shall be interpreted as il ustrative and not in a limiting sense.

claims is merely intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and'all statements of the scopeof the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be used to' fall therebe- I tween, and that material, sizes and'relativi- It is also to be understood. that the language used in the following ties of parts are non-essential, except as called for in the claims.

bushing having a flanged end, a coiled spring within said bushing. and having an end fastened about said nange, and having the other end adapted to be adjustably fastened to an iron, and a flexible conductor passing through said coiled spring and leading, to said electric iron.

2. In combination, an electric ironing device, comprising a bracket adapted to be adjustably mounted on one side of a board, a bushing in threaded engagement with said bracket, said bushing having a flanged end, a coiled sprin within said bushing and having one en fastened to said flange and having the other end adjustably fastened to an iron, a flexible conductor passing through said coiled spring and leading to said iron, anda strap connecting said spring with said iron.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in 'the presence 

